ONE SOUL, ONE SABBATH, ONE COMMUNITY MEAL

The week’s spiritual highlight came on Sabbath, when one soul was baptised, a single decision that carried the full weight of everything the week had built toward. The Sabbath program continued with a community bung lunch, bringing church members and Wesdeco residents to the same table to share a meal together.

The program concluded that Sabbath evening with an official closing ceremony. The response from the Wesdeco community was warm and appreciative, with residents openly acknowledging what the church had done to support them through the week both in body and in spirit.

For Vanimo Town SDA Church, the week at Wesdeco Settlement was proof that sustaining a community for Jesus often begins long before the first sermon is preached sometimes with nothing more than a shovel, a truckload of gravel, and a willingness to work alongside the very people the gospel is meant to reach.